May - Paranormal Database Records

Battle

Location: Lewes (Sussex) - Offham HillType: Environmental ManifestationDate / Time: 25 May (reoccurring)Further Comments: This battle fought around the 1300's is still reportedly heard in May - over 3000 people are said to have been killed. The exact date may vary, though the phantom event always occurs in late May.

John Carver

Location: Croydon (Surrey) - Former café in Brighton RoadType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 26 May (reoccurring), last encountered 1940s?Further Comments: John Carver was found not guilty of the murder of his wife, though most of the community believed he was guilty. After leaving court, Carver found himself hounded by a crowd who wanted him dead. Eventually Carver moved far away to escape. Sixty years after the crime, the owner of a café reported seeing the ghost of a tall man in grey, minus head and legs, climb the staircase and hover on the landing. In addition, on each 26 May (the date of the wife's death), the breaking of glass could be heard. The café was thought to be one of the locations Carver tried to hide before leaving the area.

Margaret's Execution

Location: EC3 (Greater London) - Tower of London, Tower GreenType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 27 May (reoccurring)Further Comments: Refusing to kneel before the axeman, Margaret Pole was chased around the area and hacked to death by him instead. This horrid scene has been witnessed several times, as have the spirits of Anne Boleyn and Lady Jane Grey.

Redhead

Location: Southwold (Suffolk) - Sutherland HouseType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 28 May (Reoccurring)Further Comments: This young red haired woman is reported to wait for the return of Lord Sandwich, who was killed in a naval battle off the coast here. Footsteps and the sound of doors opening have been heard on 28 May, the anniversary of the Lord's death. Geoffrey Munn speculated that the ghost was Ann Cammell, a former resident of the property who was accused of witchcraft in the mid sixteenth century.

Lady Waving Handkerchief

Location: Dundee (Angus) - Claypotts CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 29 May (reoccurring)Further Comments: Appearing upset, this white woman frantically waves from a high window once every year - it is rumoured she was having an affair with the Cardinal Beaton.

Wolfhound Howls and Doom Follows

Location: Southery (Cambridgeshire) - Near ruins east of the townType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 29 May (Reoccurring)Further Comments: Belonging to one of those who built the original church at Southerly, the dog was mistakenly killed by a soldier. The phantom hound now hunts the area, and it is believed that upon hearing the howls, the listener will die within a year.

Blue Lights Dance

Location: Bawburgh (Norfolk) - ChurchType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 30 May (Reoccurring)Further Comments: Blue lights are said to appear and dance over the church well.

Sinking Coach

Location: Antrim (County Antrim) - Antrim CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 31 May (reoccurring)Further Comments: A coach pulled by a team of four horses which sunk into the pond drowning all on board is seen repeating the tragic accident once a year. In addition, a stone wolfhound which stands by the gateway is said to have once been flesh and blood - the dog gave a warning to an advancing sneak attack upon the castle before turning into rock. It now safeguards the Clotworthy family name on the condition it is never removed. Finally, the sound of heavy breathing can be heard coming from the ruined building.

Mustard Coloured Coach

Location: Theydon Bois (Essex) - Hill HallType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 31 May, Midnight (Reoccurring)Further Comments: On the stroke of midnight, a mustard coloured coach is believed to drive down the driveway of the ruined building. Its owner is thought to be Duke de Morrow, who lived in the building at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Healing Waters

Location: Loch Monar (Highland) - Waters of the lochType: LegendDate / Time: First Mondays of February, May, August and NovemberFurther Comments: If entered on certain days of the year, the waters of this Loch would heal the sick on the proviso that the Loch was entered three times at midnight and the water then sipped, before a coin was thrown in. The sick would then have to leave the site before the sun came up.

Pale Figure

Location: York (Yorkshire) - Edge of the river OuseType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Ghost unknown, legend on 01 May (reoccurring)Further Comments: Thought to be the shade of a drowned person, this figure drifts around the banks of the river. Another piece of folklore says that a person drops five white pebbles into the river when the Minster clock chimes one in the morning during the first of May, their desire shall appear in the water.

Location: Sleaford (Lincolnshire) - Colbey Grange - former RAF baseType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: May (reoccurring)Further Comments: This phantom officer in RAF uniform is thought to return briefly around May time, in regret for sending dozens of young men off to their deaths, in particular a close friend of whom he was particularly fond. The remaining control tower is thought to be particularly haunted, with footsteps and crashes heard and a poltergeist like entity throwing stones and broken glass at people who venture too close.

Victorian Woman

Location: Sudeley (Gloucestershire) - Sudeley CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Varies: reputedly during August & September, but last seen May 1983Further Comments: It is always around these two months that a ghostly housemaid is seen cleaning and dusting, dressed in Victorian working garb. A visiting American Professor reported encountering her during a visit to the castle. Other reported ghosts here include a woman in a green dress and a man with a hawk perched on his arm.

Kilmigrol

Location: Blackpool (Lancashire) - Off the coastType: LegendDate / Time: Weather Dependent: Stormy nights. Last heard 21 May 2013?Further Comments: A town lost off the coast of Blackpool many years ago, the bells can be heard ringing on stormy nights. The bells may have last been heard by a mother and daughter walking near Sandcastle Water Park.